Skibidi, Mog & More: Gen Alpha Slang

: a nonsense Internet term

It would be hard to find a better example of Gen Alpha slang than skibidi, which not only is a nonsense word, but comes from an absurdist YouTube show about evil toilets. Skibidi comes from Skibidi Toilet, a popular YouTube show featuring human-headed toilets battling camera-headed humans. It tends to be used intentionally as gibberish, so do not worry if you can’t quite understand what its meaning is.

It’s really hard to get in the spooky scary mood when some girl behind me keeps screaming “SKIBIDI” every time she gets scared in a haunted house
— @thebookschack, Threads, 13 Oct. 2024

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: a nonsensical expression connected to a song and a basketball player

As with skibidi, you should not feel worried if you ask a teenager to explain the meaning of six-seven and find yourself feeling more confused after they try to do so. For many of the people using it the interjection does not have a specific meaning. It comes from a song by rapper Skrilla (“Doot Doot (6 7)”), and often appears to be used in an exclamatory fashion when one has heard the numbers six and seven used together, or in close proximity (such as references to Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball, who is six foot seven tall) .

I didn’t understand it either i told my friend to meet me at 6 or 7 and he yelled as he was biking away SIX SEVEN and i was confused …
— Reddit, 22 July 2025

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: an offensive term for someone (usually a young woman) seen as promiscuous

Bop has already been used in a slang (or at least informal) way, prior to its adoption by Gen Alpha (several years ago it began being used by Gen Z as a word for a particularly catchy and infectious song). The most recent slang sense is the one adopted by Gen Alpha, in which the word is largely synonymous with slut. In case it is not clear: this is an offensive term and we will be disappointed if you use it to hurt someone's feelings.

I get called the school bop - When in reality, im just a lover girl fr :(((
— Reddit (title of thread), 5 Apr. 2024

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: a certain ‘cool’ factor; star power

Aura is not a new word; it’s been in English since the 17th century, with meanings such as “a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source.” But Gen Alpha put a new spin on it (the sense of “stylish swagger”). They also began to combine it with other words, such as aura points (a supposedly quantifiable amount of charisma a person accrues) and aura farming (constantly trying to appear cool or stylish).

how many aura points did i lose when i let him tell me time and time again i wasnt a priority in his life but i always made it a point to make him one of my top priorities, even above myself.
— @angelicaaachacon, TikTok, 25 Jun. 2024

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: a shortening of the word “uncle,” often used humorously to indicate old age

Unc was not invented by Gen Alpha (it’s been in use in African American English for over two decades, before the oldest member of that generation was born), but it has been greatly popularized by them. The abbreviation is typically used to indicate old age, and while it typically has been used of men, there is some evidence that unc is beginning to be used in a gender-neural way.

She blocked me cause I called her Unc as a compliment for one of her outfits.
— Threads, 14 July 2025

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: romantic appeal or charm

Rizz burst into the language in 2021, and is widely viewed as being the creation of YouTuber Kai Cenat. While many people have suggested that the word is a shortening of charisma, Cenat has always maintained that this was not the origin. Rizz can function as a noun (‘one either has rizz or one does not’) or as a verb (‘he tried to rizz me up’).

I thought I rizzed him but I’ve been bamboozled
— @ChaoticCopycat, Reddit, 6 Feb. 2024

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: to look or perform far better than someone else

Mog is thought to come from AMOG, which is an acronym for ‘Alpha Male of Group,’ a reference to the myth, popular in the manosphere, that groups of men will inevitably have such a member. In much of its early use mog referred to looking better than another person in a photo; recently there are signs that it is broadening to include meaning “to outclass, or outperform someone.”

… this was a historical event the way he [Korean musical artist Choi Seung-hyun] showed up and mogged everyone so effortlessly
— @choiseunghuyns, X (formerly Twitter), 19 Jan. 2025

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